Undergarment



1 Aug. 19, 1930. E. JQGOLDENBYLUM UNDERGARMENT Filfed March 8, 192::

N v 1b ATTORNEYS:

Patented Aug. 19, 1930 EVA J. GOLDENBLUM OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UNDERGARMEN'I Application filed March 8,

This invention relates to union or one-piece undergarments.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an undergarment of the indicated character with an improved drawers or bloomer section, to the end that, the undergarment when worn will be comfortable, and will not creep or bunch, and which will have the nec essary fullness, so as to adjust itself to the wearer, particularly when the wearer as= sumes sitting and standing positions.

Another object of the invention is the provision in womens or misses undergarments of the type having a waist or brassiere section and a drawers section, and a side opening from the top to the bottom of both sections, of an improved overlap construction in one of the leg portions of the drawers section through which said opening extends, in order to attain the aforesaid advantages and benefits. I

Another object of the invention is the provision of an undergarment of the indicated character, having an improved seat construc- 33 tion in the drawers section thereof, to give sufiicient fullness to the drawers section in order to eliminategbinding, creeping and launching of the material. 7

The nature of the invention and its distin- 39 guishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a womans undergarment constructed in accordance with the invention,

being worn and being partly opened.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the undergarment, the same being shown opened.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the undergarment. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line tl, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is afragmentary side view of pertions of the Waist-and drawers sections of a garment, and illustrating a modification.

4:; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 66, of Fig. 5..

In Figures 1 to 4 inclusive there is illustrated a womans undergarment which embodies the featuresof the present invention,

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so and said undergarment is in the form of a 1 29. Serial No. 345,404."

union or one piece garment consisting of a waist or brass1ere sect1on 10 oined at the waistband to a drawers sect1on11. The garment has'a side opening which extends from iwaist'or brassiere section 10 consists of a plurality of parts-of textile material cut and stitched together in such a manneras to adapt said section to snugly fit the body of the wearer. The section 10 has the usual shoulder straps 13, and also has coacting fasteners, such as hooks 14 and eyes 15, to detachably fasten the meeting edges thereof at the side opening for obvious purposes. The features thus far described are not new, but are deemed noteworthy for a full understanding of the novel features to be presently described.

Theleg portion 12 of the drawers section ll'has; the front part thereofextended rear- 'wardly to present a closing flap 16, disposed to overlap the adjacent edge 17 of the rear part of the leg portion, on the outside, to 7 close the opening in said leg portion. The upper edge of the flap 16 is detachably secured to the waistband by coacting fasteners 18 and'19respectively on said flap and waistband. The lower edge of the flap 16 is also 89 vdetachably' securable to the corresponding edge of the rear part of the leg portion by eoactive fastening means such as the pairs of snap fastener elements 20 and 21'respectively on said flap and rear part ofv the leg portion. It is to be observed that flapl6 between the upper and lower edges thereof is not fastened in 'any way; consequently the overlap of the flap and adjacent vertical edge 17, is such that it will be adjustable and selfclosing and will. give fullness, to the end that utmost freedom of movement of the wearer of the garment will be allowed, particularly when the wearer changes from a standing to a. sitting position and vice versa. It has been found that the adjustability and fullness in a garment of this character is lacking when the sideopening is fastened all of the way down to the lower edge of the garment. It will also be understood that because of the char- In);

acter of said overlap feature, a person may be accommodated with form fitting garment of one of the standard sizes, even though such person has comparatively large hips or thighs, inasmuch as the overlap will be adjustable to the necessary extent, although the slit in the leg portion will remain closed at all'times; Furthermore, due to the omission of ooacting fastening means on the flap 16' and edge 17, the upper and lower edges thereof, interme diate the drawers section may be readily and conveniently closed and opened for obvious purposes, by merely engaging and disengaging the fastener elements 20 and 21.

In accordance with another feature of the invention, the drawers section 11 is pleated to present fullness in the seat and crotch of said section. On reference to Fig. 2 it will be apparent that said fullness is obtained by providing relatively upwardly converging pleats 22,.to present a convergent area 23 affording the desired fullness.

In undergarments of the indicated characterv which do not open to the top, the upper edge of the closing flap 16 may be stitched to the waistband as shown at 24 in Figs. 5 and 6 while preserving the other features hereinbefore described.

I claim: 7

An undergarment including a drawers section, one leg portion of the drawers sec tion being slit from the wa stband through the lower edge thereof, the front part of the leg portion being extended rearwardly to present a closing flap disposed to overlap the adjacent edge of the rear part of the leg portion to close the slit, a fastener to separably secure the upper edge of said flap to the waistband, and a pair of spaced fasteners to separably secure the lower edge of said flap to the lower edge of said rear part of the leg portion, the closing flap thus being overlapped, and thus being secured only at the waistband and the lower edge thereof, rendering said leg portion adjustable to give fullness thereto, when the wearer is sitting or in the act of sitting, and also being selfclosing when'the wearer moves from a sitting to a standing position.

Signed atNew York in the county of New York and State of New York this 6th day of March, A. D. 1929. I

EVA J. GOLDENBLUM. 

